BEIRUT (Reuters) – A London-based Syrian human rights group said on Saturday that Syrian security forces had shot dead dozens of prisoners during a riot at a military jail near Damascus.

KABUL (Reuters) – Two gunmen shot dead an Afghan parliamentarian near his home in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan security forces found more than 100 knives and swords, petrol bombs and dozens of mobile phones in a search of Kabul’s main prison, the Defence Ministry said on Saturday.